THURSDAY NEWS:* New study finds almost half of public school students come from low income families.* Tracing the surveillance state back to the Beruit bombing.* Social security was gutted by growing income inequality.* "It’s not the system that’s the problem; it’s the broken Republican Party. If your reform isn’t about that, then good or bad, it’s just not relevant to the current situation."* How the right wing's echo chamber is making things worse for everyone.* "Hasbara": inside the massive Israeli propaganda industry.